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EPISODE 241
Broadcast Date:
September 12, 202220 minutes
Podcast Sep 12, 2022Root Causes 241: Is China Outspending the West in Quantum Computing?
A December 2021 report suggests China as vastly outspending the West in quantum computing. We examine this claim and its implications.
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EPISODE 240
Broadcast Date:
September 7, 202216 minutes
Podcast Sep 07, 2022Root Causes 240: Hyundai Production Private Key Found in How-to Manual
A researcher recently defeated a production automobile's PKI by searching for the private key on Google. We describe how this might have come about.
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EPISODE 239
Broadcast Date:
August 29, 202217 minutes
Podcast Aug 29, 2022Root Causes 239: Post-quantum Cryptography Candidate SIKE Defeated
NIST's round four post-quantum crypto candidate SIKE (Supersingular Isogeny Key Encapsulation) has been defeated and is now out of consideration.
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EPISODE 238
Broadcast Date:
August 15, 202217 minutes
Podcast Aug 15, 2022Root Causes 238: Tim's Big Phishing Adventure
Tim's identity as a Sectigo executive is being used in a "waterholing" phishing scam to raid job seekers' bank accounts. We describe what is going on.
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EPISODE 237
Broadcast Date:
August 10, 202212 minutes
Podcast Aug 10, 2022Root Causes 237: Why Mozilla Is So Important to CAs
Mozilla is a highly important to the world of public certificates, with influence beyond what its browser market share would suggest. We examine why.
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EPISODE 236
Broadcast Date:
August 4, 202213 minutes
Podcast Aug 04, 2022Root Causes 236: AD Patch Knocks Out Non-MS Identity Consumers
A recent Active Directory patch has forced a workaround for many software components to work with AD identities. We explain lessons for PKI owners.
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EPISODE 235
Broadcast Date:
July 27, 202226 minutes
Podcast Jul 27, 2022Root Causes 235: What Is Lattice-based Cryptography?
The new NIST PQC algorithms focus on lattice-based encryption. We explain this cryptographic approach and why it fared so well in the NIST search.
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EPISODE 234
Broadcast Date:
July 22, 202210 minutes
Podcast Jul 22, 2022Root Causes 234: Report from the 2022 RSA Conference
The RSA Security Conference is back. We talk about 2020 and how the first post-COVID RSAC compared to earlier years, plus major themes this year.
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EPISODE 233
Broadcast Date:
July 13, 202225 minutes
Podcast Jul 13, 2022Root Causes 233: CISA Recommendations for Post-Quantum Cryptography
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has listed six key actions for IT to commence for post-quantum cryptography. We put them in context.
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EPISODE 232
Broadcast Date:
July 8, 202219 minutes
Podcast Jul 08, 2022Root Causes 232: NIST Announces Its Post Quantum Crypto Selections
NIST has announced its winning algorithms for its post-quantum cryptography contest. We name describe them, why they were chosen, and next steps.
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EPISODE 231
Broadcast Date:
July 6, 202224 minutes
Podcast Jul 06, 2022Root Causes 231: What Is FIDO?
We explain device-centric authentication, the FIDO Alliance, WebAuthn, and how it all works.
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EPISODE 230
Broadcast Date:
June 30, 202216 minutes
Podcast Jun 30, 2022Root Causes 230: What Is Apple Passkey?
Apple recently announced its Passkey functionality, which will allow passwordless authentication with supporting web services through key exchange.